William Harrison MARTIN

(1823-1898)

MARTIN, William Harrison,
a Representative from Texas; born near Eufaula, Barbour County,
Ala., May 23, 1823; attended the common schools; studied law in
Troy, Ala., and was admitted to the bar; moved to Texas in 1850 and
engaged in the practice of law; member of the State senate
1853-1857; during the Civil War raised a company for the
Confederate Army in 1861 and was mustered into the Fourth Texas
Regiment; assigned to Lee’s army and participated in all the
battles of that army until its surrender in April 1865; returned to
Texas and engaged in the practice of law at Athens; elected
district attorney in 1872; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth
Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John H.
Reagan; reelected to the Fifty-first Congress and served from
November 4, 1887, to March 3, 1891; resumed the practice of law in
Athens, Tex.; died at his home near Hillsboro, Tex., February 3,
1898; interment in Hillsboro Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present